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Sonia Sanchez, From Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez Copyright © 2021 by Sonia Sanchez From Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez Copyright © 2021 by Sonia Sanchez Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts
Poet Sonia Sanchez asks the obvious question: man or beast?

DOGE Already Happened in Chicago: How To Resist Through Coalition Building

Michaela Brant interview with Stacy Davis Gates The Progressive
The practice of solidarity, the practice of coalition, those two practices are going to be critically important for how we withstand these moments. But not just for survival – to make a better path forward. Survival is one thing; living is another.

“The Wolves Came”

Richard Steigmann-Gall The Society for U.S. Intellectual History USIH Blog
Reviewer Steigmann-Gall considers what took so long for so many, including some left wing public intellectuals, to publicly acknowledge that Trumpism is fascism.

Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Announce Intent To Unionize

Kiley Koscinski 90.5 WESA
“When we’re regularly struggling with what we feel are inadequate staffing levels, it is difficult to care for our patients to the degree we believe they deserve,” said nurse Gianna Pomponi, who works in the adult intensive care unit.

The Woke Right Wants To Cancel Ms Rachel

Meagan Day
Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.

The Building Trades Want To Save the IRA

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The Inflation Reduction Act has helped create good union jobs in the clean energy sector. Republicans want to derail this progress to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The building trades are starting to fight back, and environmentalists should join